He is acutally very soft according to some English club football fans if i recall. Dont remember the detail but he got confronted many years ago in a Belgrade bar. Nothing happened of note other than i do remember something about him not standing his ground or something. It was on a fan forum site but i cannot remember now which club it was.
In tennis it is a legit shot. No hard feelings. I do it all the time at my opponents. It is the best shot at a player rushing the net. No big deal.
Sorry bud i think you will find on wikipedia it is down as a semi final.The last final was a week ago. And yeah, that was the final
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Novak and Rafa have played so many times against each other, it's my favourite rivalry, each has beaten the other so many times. Whatever their interpersonal dynamic - and that's something only they individually know, the rest is just speculation - it's clear they have a lot of respect for each other.
Very good post. Just a little bit of gloating from Ivanisevic. He just goes on and on and doesn;t stop.This was totally unnecessary
Srdjan is already there to make these outrageous comments. Hardly needed Ivanisevic to make these kind of triumphalist remarks, tbh. He should check with Novak, who's said so often that Rafa is his greatest rival.
Backfired though. Will have made Team Nadal laugh. RG2020 still clearly stings. Basically a sf win never can compensate for a final. Goran knows it. Plus due to RG2020 it is 20-19. Goran the master at own goals
Yup, this is true. 2020 would obviously be a sting for Novak, and 2021 was the same for Rafa. It's illogical to say he wasn't affected by it. Toni Nadal himself has stated, not only that the loss was a big deal, but also that some measure of alleviation of disappointment would have come only had Novak lost to Tsitsi. We all know who the Champion was this year. I think we can all safely conclude that Toni knows more about the thinking in Rafa's camp than TTW posters do
You all are missing the point I think. This is aimed at Novak. Novak wouldn't say this stuff but now he is forced to back up this talk. He will be pissed at Goran because he trash talked and put Target on his back. And you know that Novak plays better when he is pissedThis was totally unnecessary
Srdjan is already there to make these outrageous comments. Hardly needed Ivanisevic to make these kind of triumphalist remarks, tbh. He should check with Novak, who's said so often that Rafa is his greatest rival.
Yup, this is true. 2020 was obviously a sting Novak, and 2021 was the same for Rafa. It's illogical to say he wasn't affected by it. Toni Nadal himself has stated, not only that the loss was a big deal, but also that some measure of alleviation of disappointment would have come only had Novak lost to Tsitsi. We all know who the Champion was this year. I think we can all safely conclude that Toni knows more about the thinking in Rafa's camp than TTW posters do
well....I don't see it that way, seems a bit of a stretch tbh. If it makes Novak play lights out though....can live with it.
Why wouldn't he? I mean I am living in US but I am also aware atrocities which US is doing abroad. Superpower is gonna superpower
Not before he gets to 20
Why is it a poor move? Djok wants and needs to have the best competition out there. Why would you have him run away from motivated Nadl? Give me the best version of Nadl in RG final no matter the cost. If Djok wins - bravo! If he loses - OK again. Geeeeez, the kids want it all - easy!!!
Dumbass Goran is gloating too much....he need to prepare for excuses when a repeat of 2016 Wimbledon takes place this year for his student.
Goran gloating is a bad look, sure. I think he should have avoided it. But there isn't much chance of the latter part of your assertion - that's more a hope from your side, I think. Let's see how it pans out.
Yes when hope turns in to reality in a fortnight i hope you won't gloat like GoranGoran gloating is a bad look, sure. I think he should have avoided it. But there isn't much chance of the latter part of your assertion - that's more a hope from your side, I think. Let's see how it pans out.
Sorry bud, it really was the final. And it finished in a virtual bagel! Poetic, if you think about it. Nadal went from winning the first 6 games of RG20 match against Novak (and winning in straights), to losing a set 6-1 in Rome (but winning the match), to winning the first 5 games of the 21RG match but only to lose it in 4 sets and losing the final 6 games. At each step Novak got better and better.
I can just picture Novak, wryly shaking his head and intoning, like Jeremy Irons suavely did in Lion King ---- " I am surrounded by idiots"
Hmmm....that hadn't occured to me. Yeah, maybe this was his response to all the oblique injury excuses being made, but to be fair, Rafa himself has not made that excuse. IMO Goran could definitely have been more circumspect.
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Not sure he was really aiming at the head, it's not easy to aim on those kinds of shots anyway (from experience). In any case, I agree with the restOf course, tagging someone with body shots to win the point is a legitimate tactic. However Nadsy wasn't aiming simply for a body shot: he was aiming at the head, and that is nasty and otherwise completely unnecessary. Yes, like I said, if one goes that road (of provocation) he should expect something in return.
I think pegging someone with a tennis ball and lashing out are not quite comparable. "Lashing out" is more like chasing the opponent around the court trying to hit them with your racquet
Agree with the majority of what you said, on the fence about the last sentence
If this year’s was a lesson, what was the previous year’s one?
Getting plastered in celebration is a time-honored Mediterranean tradition, don't diss the man
That’s more hope than expectation on your side.
acting shocked that Goran Ivanisevic is wearing his heart on his sleeve. Did you just get into tennis yesterday?
Bud virtual reality does not actually apply in real life. I know RG2020 hurts. I warned it would become even more painful if it was 20-19.Sorry bud, it really was the final. And it finished in a virtual bagel! Poetic, if you think about it. Nadal went from winning the first 6 games of RG20 match against Novak (and winning in straights), to losing a set 6-1 in Rome (but winning the match), to winning the first 5 games of the 21RG match but only to lose it in 4 sets and losing the final 6 games. At each step Novak got better and better.
here, I’ll leave you with a pearl of wisdom:
It is 20-19 lol. RG2020 therefore more significant. If they ended on 20-19 RG2020 will be the decisive match. So Novak has work to do.
